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Jean-Baptiste Roy-Audy

Published Online May 25, 2008

Last Edited March 4, 2015

Jean-Baptiste Roy-Audy, painter (b at Québec C 15 Nov 1778; d at Trois-Rivières c 1848). Basically self-taught, he began his career as a painter of signs, vehicles and coats of arms in 1809, after working as a

Jean-Baptiste Roy-Audy

 Jean-Baptiste Roy-Audy, painter (b at Québec C 15 Nov 1778; d at Trois-Rivières c 1848). Basically self-taught, he began his career as a painter of signs, vehicles and coats of arms in 1809, after working as a joiner, furniture maker and coach builder. He is particularly renowned as a portraitist, working mainly around Québec, though his work is found as far away as Montréal. The Musée du Québec and Montréal's Musée des beaux-arts have collections of his works.